‘Food is love’: Council speaker unveils multi-pronged plan to increase food equity
The implementation of food court-style cafeterias is just one of the strategies improving the way students eat, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday from a Brooklyn school known for its exceptional nutritional programming.
Johnson joined Councilmember Rafael Espinal at P.S./I.S. 89, Cypress Hills Community School — the first in Brooklyn to have its own rooftop community garden — to announce a multi-pronged plan of policy proposals to combat food inequity, as outlined in a new report.
“Access to adequate nutritious food is a human right,” Johnson told a room full of colleagues, educators and food equity advocates. “This principle isn’t just for developing countries,” he went on — it’s relevant right here in New York City, “one of the richest cities in the world.”